Simple (?) question: Modeling a 3d Pac-man - with animatable mouth?

Forum: Autodesk Maya
Posted By: Mooncalf
Post Time: 10 October 2017 at 09:12 PM
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Hello Maya folks!

Please forgive this very simple question. I'm an animator and not a modeler: Is there an easy way to create, essentially, a sphere with a wedge cut out so that I can animate the angle of the wedge?

Or, put a different way: Is it possible to cap off the "hole" in a NURBS Sphere so that the sphere looks complete while I'm animating the sweep to different values?

I find that I'm really stuck on this one, and any help would be GREATLY appreciated. 

Thanks!